Easily Close Pencil and Brush Paths

Tips | February 18th, 2008

Easily Close Pencil and Brush Paths

The Pencil and Brush tools are useful, but sometimes frustrating. I always found the open paths it creates particularly annoying. A simple solution is to press the Option/Alt key when you are ready to close a path. Once pressed, it will join the first and last anchor points with a straight line. Holding down the Option/Alt key and drawing a little past the starting anchor will close the path automatically.

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6 Responses to “Easily Close Pencil and Brush Paths”

  1. Carmen says:
    February 21, 2008 at 8:13 am

    This helps me a ton!

    Reply
  2. BenRulz says:
    February 23, 2008 at 6:08 am

    Cool…..a very handy trick indeed….. must go and try it out….. great job…thnx a ton..!!

    Reply
  3. Maxo says:
    February 29, 2008 at 10:09 am

    THANXS !!!!!

    Reply
  4. matt says:
    May 6, 2008 at 11:34 am

    thanks!

    Reply
  5. wardhania says:
    June 17, 2008 at 2:11 pm

    nuwun…

    Reply

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  1. Free Illustrator Watercolor Brushes and Tutorial | Vectips says:
    June 19, 2008 at 7:27 am

    [...] to close the path is to hold down Option / Alt right before you are done drawing, as explained in a previous post. Fill the shape with white and no [...]

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